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Lumina Releases New Long-Term Goal and Strategic Plan for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jamie Merisotis The Lumina Foundation announced a new goal to increase the number of Americans with education and training to 75%. We had to rethink how education creates opportunities. That goal is by 2040, 75% of working-age adults (25 to 64) in the U.S.

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UNCF Spotlights HBCUs as Engines of Social Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While these schools are only 3% of all higher education institutions in this country, they educate 10% of all Black college students. By 2040, we want 75% of working age adults to hold a quality credential that leads to a good job. They account for approximately 50% of all Black doctors and lawyers.

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Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university

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Blogs Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university Higher ed's budget woes are becoming harder to ignore. At the same time, 28 states continued to fund higher education at lower levels than before the pandemic, and the average tuition discount rate at private colleges reached an all-time high of 56.2%

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May May Be Over, But Mental Health Challenges on Campus are Far from It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even the fundamental promise of higher education—as a gateway to opportunity—is being recast as suspect or expendable. It is central to student success, institutional mission, and employee well-being. It must be considered mission-critical and treated with the same urgency as academic success. This isn’t easy work.

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May Maybe Over, But Mental Health Challenges on Campus are Far from It

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is central to student success, institutional mission, and employee well-being. It must be considered mission-critical and treated with the same urgency as academic success. Wyoming has found success in telehealth, particularly in reaching students in rural areas where staff shortages and budget gaps limit access to care.